Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Developers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 3.63% or 9.45 points to trade at 269.75 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 2.77% or 1.96 points to end at 72.83 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 2.69% or 0.140 points to 5.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which lost 4.57% or 3.20 points to trade at 66.80 in late trade. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 2.06% or 1.44 points to end at 68.61 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) shed 1.56% or 0.07 points to 4.42.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 289 to 269 and 178 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $50.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $53.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 4.90 to trade at $1278.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.20% to 4.2661, while USD/PLN fell 0.10% to 3.9705.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 99.58.